Bustle and method of making same



(No Model.)

R. MONGAE.

BUSTLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

Patented Jan. 25, 1887,

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BusTLE AND METHOD OF MAKiNG SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 856,659, dated January 25, 1887.

Application died October 12, 1886: Serial No. 216,089. (No model.)

To all 2071,0121, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY Morena, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improveinents in Bustles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bustles, and is designed to furnish in a single article of durable and economical construction a device particularly adapted to the uses to which such articles are put.

By means of my improved construction the bustle is adapted to act at the same time as a skirtsupporter. Itretains its shape even after long continued use, and can be used without discomfort to the wearer when in a sitting posture. Provision is also made for insuring the circulation of air in the space between the main body of the bustle and the person of the wearer, and the general configuration of the entire article permits the dress-apparel to hang in proper folds, side wings being provided for the purpose of securing a better hang to the side drapery. These functions I secure by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a top view of my invention; Fig. 2, a rear elevation; Fig. 3, a. side.

elevation; Fig. 4, a front elevation; and Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views of the patterns from which the same is made.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the main body of the bustle, provided with side wings, B B, and the tyingstrings G C, adapted to encircle the body of the wearer.

The main body of the bustle and the wings are stuffed with what is known in the art as the best white curled hair, and is tufted,as shown, so as to give it elasticity, and to insure The side wings or branches B B are designed to extend over the hips of the wearer, so as to build out the same and permit the side folds of the drapery to hang gracefully. These said branches, moreover, serve as supports for the skirts of the wearer, presenting a suitable line of support therefor.

The inner portion of the bustle is made considerably concaved, as shown, and across this concave portion extend braid straps G D, adapted to be tied, as illustrated. The purpose of these taut straps is to leave an open space between the inner surface of the quilted bustle and the person of the wearer, within which air can circulate, thereby adding to the comfort of the wearer.

The covering of the bustle is made of any suitable fabric, out in accordance with the patterns illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, wherein E represents the pattern for the side proximate to the body, and F the remaining side. It will be noted that the pattern E is somewhat smaller than the pattern F, and that a series of goreshaped cuts is made in the waistband edge of each. This construction enables me to first sew the inner and outer covering-pieces corresponding to said patterns to each other at their edges, except at the waistband edge, and then, after inserting the stuffing material, shaping and tufting the entire body into the concavoconvex form shown, the coveringpieces being thereupon contracted along the waistband edge to the extent permitted by the gore-shaped cuts therein, and being sewed to the waistband.

By reason of its elasticity and pliability and the fact that it is made of tufted material the bustle may be sat against, not only without inconvenience to the wearer,but with positive comfort,its configuration and general structure preventing it at the same time from being permanentlyfiattened out and losing its shape.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

dimensions than the outer; second, making a series of gore-shaped cuts in the waistband edge of each of the covering-pieces; third, se curing the edges of the covering-pieces to each other, except at the waistband edge, and insorting astufiing between the said pieces, and, fourth, shaping the bustleinto a concavoconvex body with the convexity upon the outside, coverings being gored and contracted along contracting the waistband edge of the body the Waistband edge, and strings attached to to the extent permitted by the gore-shaped the inner covering below the waistband, subopenings therein, and securing said edge to stantially as described.

5 the Waistband, substantially as set forth. In testimonywhereof Iaffix my signature in I 5 2. As a new article of manufacture, abustle presence of two witnesses. consisting of a Waistband and a stuffed and RAY, MONGAR. tufted concavo convex body having the con- Witnesses: vexity upon the outside, theinner covering WM. M.OROZER, 4 a

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